Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Steve Kilbey and Gareth Koch – Chryse Planitia

Living legend Steve Kilbey, the powerhouse behind one of Australia’s greatest exports – The Church – has just released an intriguing and delightful collaboration with Viennese-trained classical musician Gareth Koch…

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Track: The Proper Ornaments – Purple Hearts plus album news

The Proper Ornaments are an unashamedly guitar-driven band and the low-fi single ‘Purple Hearts’ is an absolute delight: a melancholic ramble infused with a sleepy bohemian rhythmic quality: There’s a…

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Album Review: Courtney Barnett – MTV Unplugged Live in Melbourne plus tour news

Australia’s iconic balladeer Courtney Barnett has just released an MTV Unplugged Live in Melbourne on the eve of an announcement that she will be supporting fellow Melburnian Nick Cave with…

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Track: A.Swayze and the Ghosts – Mess of Me plus tour news

A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival). Building up quite a reputation across Australia,…

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Track: Luna Li – Trying

Toronto’s talented singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luna Li has just released a magical new single ‘Trying’ which showcases her creative instrumentation, floating vocals and whimsical lyrics. ‘Trying’ is infused with a…

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Album Review: Bambara – Stray plus tour news

‘Stray’ by New York band Bambara is one of those albums that provides a delicious, vicarious thrill on first listen: it has all the brilliance of a coterie of bands…

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Album Review: Tan Cologne – Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico

Tan Cologne‘s debut album ‘Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico’ is a thing of ethereal beauty. There’s something in the spaces between the echoes and the jangling guitars,…

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Track: Eilish Gilligan – I Just Want To Look At You

Melburnian singer/songwriter Eilish Gilligan continues to make a significant splash on the Australian indie music scene with her haunting brand of synth pop. We have been highly impressed by her…

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Track: Aubergine – Lonely Peak

A good thing done well is worth celebrating, and Aubergine‘s laid back instrumentals evoke a sense of place – smoky dimly lit caverns in the very early hours of the…

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Video: Ash – Girl from Mars

Ash‘s release this Friday of ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 years of Ash’ (previewed by me here) is being celebrated by an HD video release of their classic single ‘Girl From Mars’.…

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